ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS · GRANT
Specialty Crop Multi-State Grant Program 2026
- Deadline
- Dec 4, 2026 (40 days left)
- Who can apply
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status
- Award range
- $250,000 to $1.0 million
- Expected awards
- 20
- Total program funding
- $14 million
- Your own money required
- Yes, cost sharing or matching is required
- Opportunity number
- USDA-AMS-TM-SCMP-G-26-0020
- Posted
- Apr 13, 2026
- Assistance listing
- 10.170
What it funds
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), requests applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2026 Specialty Crop Multi-State Grant Program (SCMP). The SCMP supports collaborative multi-state partnerships to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops through competitively funded projects. A multi-state partnership is a project that implements activities with measurable outcomes that benefit two or more U.S. States and/or Territories along with non-profit entities. The focus is to address regional or national level specialty crop issues, including, but not limited to, food safety, plant pests and disease, research, crop-specific projects addressing common issues, and marketing and promotion. Projects must enhance the competitiveness of U.S. or U.S. territory-grown specialty crops in either domestic or foreign markets.
Open the official notice on Grants.gov ↗What to do next
- Open the official notice on Grants.gov and download the full announcement (the NOFO) and any attachments.
- Check you can apply: the eligible applicants above, and any detail in the notice's eligibility section.
- Register your organization in SAM.gov (choose "all awards") and create a Grants.gov account; allow several weeks the first time.
- Apply through Grants.gov exactly as the notice says, before Dec 4, 2026. Late applications are usually not accepted.
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From Grants.gov's official daily extract of Oct 25, 2026. The notice on Grants.gov and its attachments are what count. UX Contract is independent and not a government website.